In a time of great change, what now?

My mission in founding OZS some 5 years ago was to provide a supportive environment in which we can directly experience the essential wisdom teachings of the Buddha through the timeless, ageless practice of what is called Zen, Chan, or Seon. Ordinary Zen Sangha (OZS) has been committed to bringing the benefits of this wisdom practice into our ordinary lives, just as they are, in this place and time. In our current situation, a time in which the whole world […]

Hearing the Stone Lions Roar

Wednesday – 5/6/2020 – Dharma Talk and Discussion at OZS During the Pandemic, how to deal with anger, how to understand our situation, how can I help?    

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The Primary Point – What is It?

If you raise one principle, you raise all principles. If you see one thing, you see all things. If you see one mind, you see all minds. If you see one way, you see all ways. There is nowhere that is not the Way. If you see one mote of dust, you see the mountains, streams, and lands of all the worlds in the ten directions. If you see one drop of water, you see all the moisture of all […]

Being bound by circumstances

This week’s Dharma talk centers on how being bound by circumstances originates from the mind’s own bondage.